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Nov 29, 2014

Antoinette Laute-Brun (Soprano) (Nimes 1876 - ?)

She
received her education at the Paris Conservatoire by Duvernoy, Melchissèdec and
Mangin. In 1904 she made her debut at the Grand Opéra in Paris as Helmwige in "Walküre",
then sang there the role of Ines in G. Donizetti's ''La Favorite''. During the
first years of her work she took over in this opera house, whose member she
remained till 1927, roles like Jemmy in G. Rossini's ''Wilhelm Tell'', Urbain
in ''Huguenots'' by G. Meyerbeer, Crobyle in ''Thaïs'' and Eunoë in ''Ariane''
of J. Massenet. She sang there in several premieres, thus on 31. 10. 1906 in ''Ariane''
of J. Massenet, on 24. 5. 1907 in ''La Catalane'' of Le Borne, on 2. 5. 1909 in
''Bacchus'' of J. Massenet, in 1910 in ''La
Fille de Soleil'' of André Gailhard, in 1914 in ''Scémo'' of Alfred Bachelet
and on 14. 3. 1921 in ''Antar'' of Gabriel Dupont. She sang there also in 1908
in the première of Rameau's ''Hyppolite et Aricie'', also in the premières of
the R. Wagner's operas "Götterdämmerung" (1908) and "Rheingold"
(1909). In 1907 she married the composer Georges Brun and appeared since that
time under the name Antoinette Laute-Brun. In 1907 she undertook together with
the baritone Jean Noté a tour through Belgium. She had a successful
career in the French province, where she often guested. She had their big
success as an oratorio soloist in ''La Damnation de Faust'' by H. Berlioz and
in ''The Creation'' by J. Haydn.